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From: Samath Wijesundera <samath@slt.lk>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Sendmail SMARTHOST
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 19:47:38 +0600
Organization: A poorly-installed InterNetNews site
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I was trying to configure my FreeBSD Box so that it send out mail
through an another box (SunOS) to send out mail.
I used the smarthost feature in sendmail.cf as follows
# "Smart" relay host (may be null)
DSsmtp:info.slt.lk.
Things work fine but if the info.slt.lk smtp stops for some reason my
FreeBSD does not try to send direct, and it wait till the info.slt.lk is
up.
--------- ----------------
| FreeBSD | -> |info(mail relay) | --> Mail to Internet
--------- -----------------
smart host smtp
Is there a way if mail relay stops to bypass and deliver straight to the
Internet.
Thanks in advance
- Samath